I'm attempting my first fishless cycle in my 120 gallon tank. I have a Fluval 205 + 406 hooked up with about... 30lbs of expanded clay media in my attached aquaponics system. Dont know if that was even relevant information.
The Question: Do you know if in the aquarium, the Nitrogen in the NH4+ (my pH is 8.3 so its probably more NH3) molecules get converted 1:1 into NO3- in the end? I added my first dose of (5ppm) NH4OH last night and i'm curious to know if i'm gonna get 5ppm of NO3- when the NH4 is zero.
Thanks
P.S. Water is from the tap in South Calgary, treated with Prime.